Green Island, Iowa
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Washington Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52064. It lies near Mooney Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Green Island quadrangle. It stands 614 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1935 USGS Miles quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Miles quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Green Island quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dubuque South quadrangle1:100000, 4 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Green Island between 2006 and 2014, burning about 98 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Savanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge | WHITTON GATE |
| 25 May 2008 | Natural | 75 acres | Savanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge | 1700'S |
| 9 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Savanna District, Upper Mississippi National Wildlife Refuge | BROWN'S LAKE |
| 2 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Green Island: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pataska Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Shelly Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Green Island in 2 storm reports in 1994: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1994 | Hail | Green Island | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Green Island | $5,000 | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reeceville | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Twin Springs | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant Creek | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Van Buren | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Rockaway (historical) | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Lainsville | 6.4 miles | 23 | |
| Sterling | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Miles | 7.3 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Green Island | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5602696 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 457102. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







